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As Europe’s population grew the demand for trade increased

As Europe’s population grew the demand for trade increased. Renaissance Pushes Europe Ahead Causes Europeans to look outward. The Search for Spices. Besides gold, spices were the most valued items in Europe. Cinnamon Cloves Nutmeg Pepper. The Spice Islands.

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As Europe’s population grew the demand for trade increased

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  1. As Europe’s population grew the demand for trade increased Renaissance Pushes Europe Ahead Causes Europeans to look outward

  2. The Search for Spices • Besides gold, spices were the most valued items in Europe. • Cinnamon • Cloves • Nutmeg • Pepper

  3. The Spice Islands • The chief source of spices was in Southeast Asia the Moluccas (Indonesia)

  4. Traders • Italian & Muslim merchants controlled trade routes between Europe and Asia.

  5. Direct Route • Europeans searched for a direct route to Asia

  6. The spirit of the Renaissance

  7. Motivated by this spirit of adventure explorers set out • The spirit of the Renaissance produced new technologies. • Allows Europeans to expand explorations. Better Maps Astrolabe Caravel

  8. 1. Cartographers Prince Henry Brought experts together • Map-makers • Created more accurate sea charts

  9. 2. Astrolabe • Used to determine latitude at sea • Used sun and stars as reference points.

  10. 3. Caravel • Combined square and triangular sails • Better maneuverability along the coasts, where tides and currents could beach ships.

  11. Portugal • Led the way in exploration • Believed if they could control Africa they could get to the sources of spice the Muslims and Italians controlled.

  12. Henry the Navigator • Portuguese Prince • Sent ships to explore and map western Africa

  13. Sea Monsters?

  14. Cape of Good Hope • The southernmost tip of Africa • Discovered by Portuguese explorer Bartholomeu Diaz - 1488

  15. Vasco da Gama • Portuguese sailor that rounded the Cape of Good Hope and reached India - 1497

  16. Scurvy • A disease caused by the lack of vitamin C • Caused many sailors to die along the long journeys

  17. Christopher Columbus • An Italian Catholic • Like most educated Europeans, knew the world was a sphere but was unsure how large it was

  18. Queen Isabella • United Spain and defeated the Muslims • Granted Columbus three ships to find a shorter route to Asia • Nina • Pinta • Santa Maria

  19. October 12, 1492 • Columbus lands in the Caribbean • He has “discovered” a new continent

  20. Indians • Calls the people in the Caribbean Indigenous • The word indigenous means native to the land • Over time this word developed into Indian

  21. New Explorers • Columbus is soon joined by Portuguese explorers

  22. Spain vs. Portugal • Spain and Portugal gobbled up much of the Caribbean • The first to land on a new island, the first to claim it

  23. Pope Alexander VI • The Pope stepped in to stop the building frustration between Spain and Portugal

  24. The Line of Demarcation • Drew a line down the current map of the Caribbean • Spain would control all land west of the line • Portugal would control all land east of the line

  25. Portugal accidentally discovers Brazil • Portugal is overjoyed that the new land is on the East side of the line • What they don’t know is how vast the land to the west is

  26. Vasco Nunez de Balboa • Spanish explorer that hacked through the forests of Panama • Discovers the Pacific Ocean

  27. Magellan • Maps the Eastern side of South America • Rounds the tip of South America - 1520 • named the strait of Magellan

  28. He Keeps Going! • Magellan crosses the Pacific and lands in the Philippines – March 1521

  29. Filipino war • Magellan befriends a local leader and helps him fight a war with their neighboring tribe • Magellan dies in the fighting

  30. Magellan's crew • Returns to Spain • The first crew to circumnavigate the globe • Circumnavigate – travel around the world

  31. The other Europeans scramble • The French, English, and Dutch send explorers to claim other lands in the Western Hemisphere… and eventually the rest of the world!

  32. Assignment Pg. 368 - Who sailing for who and what did they do? • John Cabot- • Jacques Cartier- • Henry Hudson- Read “Looking Ahead” What’s Global Interdependence?

  33. “The Age of Exploration”Trace the routes: • Columbus • DaGama • Diaz • Balboa • Hudson • Cabot • Cartier • Magellan

  34. Teach a Lesson Group 1: SouthEast Asia and India Chap 14 Sec 3 Group 2: Encounters in East Asia Chap 14 Sec 4 Group 3: Conquest in the Americas Chap 15 Sec1+2 Group 4: Struggle for North America Chap15 Sec 3 The Atlantic Slave Trade Chapter 15 Sec 4 Group 5: Turbulent Centuries in Africa Chap 14 – Sec 2 Group 6: Effects - Age of Exploration Chapter 15 Section 5

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